Alex Brandon, Associated Press file Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. As the wave of allegations of sexual abuse by powerful men refuses to abate, skeptics keep raising the same questions. As a sometime writer on ethics in everyday life, I’d like to offer answers to several of them: 1. Are we …

Chris Kleponis, Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday in the Oval Office. The debate over the weekend about whether President Donald Trump or his lawyer wrote a tweet saying National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was fired for lying to the FBI is fascinating — and beside the point. Despite …

The Greeley Tribune Steve Curtis In the first day of testimony in Weld District Court Tuesday, a former Colorado GOP chairman accused of committing voter fraud blamed a diabetic blackout for his filling out his ex-wife’s ballot during the 2016 election. Steve Curtis, 57, who from 1997-99 served as chairman …

NEW ORLEANS — The Denver Nuggets, with 23 games under their belts, are well into the second quarter of their 2017-18 season. Here’s what we know so far: The Nuggets (13-10) entered play Tuesday fifth in the Western Conference, although only two of those victories have come against teams that …

It would appear the fallout of a 5-7 football season is making its way through the Colorado coaching staff. Brian Lindgren, the Buffaloes’ co-offensive coordinator and lead play-caller, has resigned and accepted a position to become Oregon State’s new offensive coordinator, the school announced Tuesday. CU offensive line coach Klayton …

Russia has branded nine media organisations “foreign agents”, in an escalation of a long-running battle with the US over state-funded media organisations. The decision listed Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, both funded by the US government, on a register of media “performing the functions of a foreign agent”. …

A judge in Spain’s Supreme Court has withdrawn the international arrest warrant for deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. The court explained that Mr Puigdemont has expressed a willingness to return to Spain, alongside the other four members of his cabinet who fled to Belgium after the independence referendum. According to …

Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili has been broken free from police custody by his supporters after being arrested in chaotic scenes in Ukraine. Saakashvili was arrested by masked officers from an apartment in the capital Kiev after he addressed hundreds of supporters from the roof of the building. In dramatic …

The European Union has adopted a “blacklist” of 17 tax havens, which could mean they lose access to EU funds and face other sanctions. The decision was made at a meeting of finance ministers in Brussels as EU authorities move to counter tax avoidance and evasion – having urged dozens …

One person has died and two others injured in a shooting in Corsica, near the entrance of the island’s airport. A man received a fatal gunshot wound to the head during the attack in a car park at Bastia airport on Tuesday morning. Emergency workers told local media another person, …